The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-02-03
Tangier, and Thomas b. Conuery OF New
York to be secretary OF the legation to


vice to 2o years.
Senator elect Quay OF Pennsylvania at
tended the same college with Blaine.
Michael Davitt and his bride sailed at
New York for Liverpool, on the steamer
Alaska.
5. V. White, the five millionaire New York
operator, was once reporte" for II st.
Louis newspaper.
Some damaseis reported from the break
ing up of rivers eastward.
About two hundred cases OF giant pow
der exploded while in transit over the Mis-
souri, Pacific road, half IL mile west OF Fort
Scott. The train consisted ot twenty
three freight cars, and fifteen OF them were
completely demolished, and the magazine
car was blown to atoms.
Gen. Pleasanton was in 1o5 battles hut
never received a wound.
Senator Beck's bin to amend the oleo-
margarine act reduces the annual tax on
wholesale dealers i'll oleomargarinc from
$3.50 500 and the license tax on retail
dealers from S4S to ST. per annum. Fhe
license tax on manufacturers OF oleomar-
sarine is left unchanged.
| Postotfice established: Iowa: Nyman.
! Page county. Office discontipued-Min
nesota: Union Lake Rice county. Post
| masters commissioned-Da Glad
/ stone L. W. Bates. Iowa: Oeo, w.
I Davis Minnesota Big Lake, J. {. Parks.
7 Wisconsin: Arthur, j. w. Nicholas; Hol
/ land, }. Quillinan Hyers Corners W. II.
/ Hoyt. Fourth-class postmasters APP
! pointed Minnesota: kinbalI. T.. Peek;
/ Auburn, n Buchre Montana: Williams,
I H. J. Williams. Wisconsin: Elcho II.
Salherg: Brighton, j. IL. Weisman; Glen
Haven NJ Bernhard; Hebron, {. {. Brown;
Larstad, {. Q. Sherlock; Mt. Hope A. L.
| Storrs; st. Johns, \. Dahr.
| Postoffices established:-M innesot Il
| Sandston. Pine county. Site changed
! Minnesota Green Prairie. Morrison coGn-
, ty. Offices discontinued-Wisc thes-
( ter, Dodge county. Postmasters commits
/ sioned-Wisconsin: Ashland, J. Sullivan
/ Pleasant Prairie, ". X. Packman.
/ Fourth-class postmasters appointed: Da-
/ kota-Millard. w. II. Eicott; Black
/ Hawk. {. l.. Ward Nova. J. J. Dovock.
| Minnesota-Michael Blewitt, Audubon; w.
! 4. Towne, Amandale, Iowa-O. c. Thonp.
! son, Leland; .. f. Hastings, Thornburgh
/ Mrs. Ella Z. Gilbert, Unique.
! In the secret session OF the senate the
! nomination OF j. {. Matthews OF Albany,
the colored recorder OF deeds, was reached
and discussed tor an hour, Il ma oritv of
the senators present giving Their reasons
FOR the vote they were about to cast. The
nomination was rejected. The vote is I'M.
derstood TO have been II to 81. The mi
nority three are republicans, and Il proper
tioual number OF the majority are said to
be democrats.
Senator George Hearst is lying i'll at his
residence in San Francisco, with malarial
| fever. He is not considered dangerous, but
it CAUSES much anxiety to his friends.
| Senator Hoar thinks that more respect
is due to the chaplain's prayer. He pro-
| posed an amendment to the rules which
| shall forbid the presiding officer from call
| ing the senate to order in the absence OF Il
quorum. He thinks that if there is to be
! a prayer the prayer is entitled to q quorum.
| At the business meeting OF the woman
! suffrage convention at Washington the
| old officers were reelected for the ensuing
year. Mrs. Slaughter OF Dokota and Mrs.
Mathilda Josiy Gage OF New York de-
livered addresses.
Senator Sabin thinks that the appoint
ment OF DIR. Guernon, as collector at st.
Vincent, will soon be made.
| 1t is rumored that the president may
! veto the interstate commerce bill on the
ground that it is unconstitutional.
! Hon. W. D. Washburn OF Minneapolis
| aud Representative Gillian appeared be-
! fore the senate committee on commerce in
! favor of the bill authorizing the construc
/ ton OF bridge across the Sault Ste. Marie
! river for the Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie
I K Atlantic, which is to connect at that
point with the Canadian Pacific. and form
| a through line from the Mississippi to the
| Atlantic.
! The pair OF spurs worn by Fred Archer
when he rode Ormonde in his last race at
| Newmarket together with the saddle used
on that occasion, says the London World,
- To - N,1of
! the executors, in compliance with q wish
expressed by his royal highness to have
them in his possession.
The Parnellte members OF parliament
reelected Parnell chairman OF the Irish
! parliamentary party and Justin McCar-
/ thy vice president. Parnell has drafted
/ all amendment to the address in reply to
| the speech from the throne, raising the
| Agrari an question in a general form.
Postmaster Francis f. Sharp OF Oconto,
Wis, was examined by Commissioner
! Bloodgood OF Milwaukee on a charge OF
rifiing letters, and held to await the action
OF the grand jury.
Dispatches from Fremont, North Bend
and other points within a radius OF 100
| miles west OF Omaha report the people
very much startled by what is supposed to
have been a severe earthquake shock A
loud rumb,ing OF the earth was percepti
| BILE for several seconds and buildings rock
ed in a violent m amer.
The British Parliament was opened on the
9th. The Queen speech is indefinite and
non committal on all points and attract
| ed but little attention. Lord Randolph
| Churchill entered upon an explanation OF
| the reasons which lei him to resign the
chancellorshp OF the exchequer He said
! He retired because the governments naval
| nd I'm ip1a tos cd :
| 900 without counting the large supplement
| tary estimates. He insisted on having these
estimates reduced, but his colleagues re-
fused to cut them down. although he had
| been urging economy ever since August.
Mr.. Gladstone applauded what he called
Lord Randolph Churchills sacrifices in be-
| half of sound economic policy and the iu-
dicious mode in which he proposed to APP
ply the principles he advocated.
Minnesota pensions allowed Della j.,
widow of Almon Lake, Minneapolis; Char
lotte l.. widow OF Robert II. Rose, Manka-
to; George w. Owens, Luce William Over
ned Stockton; William L. Spriggie, Mime
apolis: w. Coop, Dayton; Amos &. Jack
son, GAINESVILLE; Almon Lake, increased,
Minneapolis; Van r. Clifford, increase,
| Northfield; Theodore S. Potter, reissue,
Window; Henry Jacobs, reissue.
Chicago Special: The Knights OF Labor
| nave declared war upon the I1nkerCOnS
| and other detective agencies which make
it a business to furnish armed patrolincn
for service in labor troubles and within
the next thirty days bills prohibiting the
importation OF Pinkerton detectives, and
making it penal offense for any employee
OF such agency to exercise authority as an
officer OF the law will be introduced in near
ly every state legisture which is now in
| session in this country.
/ Fears are entertained that Henry kaber
nacle and James Nevias, OF Pembina, Oak.
persisted in the Baltimore & Ohio disaster
Jan. 4.
experimentation ohm NJ. Daniels, Texas
special agent Of the general land Office to
examine fraudulent land entries; Archibald
+. RAIDER, West Virginia, special agent &c
investigate Indian depreciation cltims.
Business failures during the last seven
days, according to G. Dun & Co., for the
United States are 236, for Canada, 35, to
tai 271, against 80 last week, 1923 the
week previous and 2S9 for the correspond
ing week of 1886, the bulk being reported
from the Western, Pacific and Southern
| stat es